Smooth looks better in my opinion. I think it comes down to efficiency of each card, it's very visible if you zoom in on the pictures.Could be that you're right, of course. But I wasn't talking about chapter 3 and 4 but about the test "vs renders" we've seen. I think it's the most flagrant with the Joneses. When you compare, their skin has been smoothed a lot between the two images
Hmm. I guess I always assumed the new rig would replace the old one with some components carrying over. Having both would be a great production boost, but that would be pricey.
Well since old comp is very old and she basically needs to replace motherboard and power supply, not much would be able to be transferred like memory and transferring the video card might be counter productive since that is what she wants replaced most of all. Yeah it will be pricey likely depending on her budget, since she will want to get as good as she can get. I at least could say to myself I had no need for even better card with more memory or need for that even better processor. That is why she really needs to put a hard fixed budget for herself.Hmm. I guess I always assumed the new rig would replace the old one with some components carrying over. Having both would be a great production boost, but that would be pricey.
Other than that, aye, this seems like the most time efficient solution.
I think the PC upgrade should defo come before the remaster to save production time.I think, if possible, it should be done before chapter 4 comes out. I know it means that we'll have to wait for the new chapter, but hear me out here.
Let's say chapter 4 comes out tomorrow. The masses rejoice, the land is fertile again, the blind recover eyesight, babies laugh, politicians give the money back to the people, the world is right anew. Then what happens? New peeps come here and wonder why we few, we happy few, sing the praises of Heavy Five and the Great Notty (blessed be Her name). So the new peeps download the game, and the first thing they see are these grainy renders! They close the game, delete it and leave forever wondering why we're so crazy about it.
Now, in this new paradigm, it all starts the same, except chapter 4's out later. People rejoice, politicians find they have a heart, etc. And the newbies come to us with shiny faces and *innocent* expectations. They download the first chapters and BAM!! Quality! Quality everywhere!
I guarantee you the tread will be flooded with "wy didn't i downloaded that game before?!?" Ok, it might become tedious, but think about the sweet patreon money that will go directly into Notty's beaver hamster...
Also, in a more serious tone, if Notty does indeed intend for the base to have a new face, it would be weird to either have the new graphics in chapter 4 but not the old ones or, worse, to keep going until she finally makes the decision to work on the remaster, but this time, the amount of work will be greater.
Just food for thought
You go woman
Well, the monitors are not cheap.
But yeah, good points. It's about finding the best compromise, I guess.
Fantastic! I have nothing else to add.
Depends on how you do it, there are still a lot of other parts, like hard drives, monitors, peripherals, etc.
Giving him the stank eye.Fantastic! I have nothing else to add.
I don't know this from my own experience, but from what I've read around here, having two cards is better because they complement each other towards the rendering. So, with sufficient power source, I think that can actually be beneficial to carry over.
For Daz it is different than for most applications, but yes, having two is beneficial.
Basically you can add the second card to new computer whenever you wish to if build it yourself, same goes for other peripherals and at least the monitor you can easily swap between the two comps if they are close to each other, I normally do that when tanking over stuff. Just bit more easy when two monitors but it is only seconds work.
There's another problem with combining two different cards for iRay rendering: the graphical memory of the two cards is not combined, but gets *capped* at the memory size of the smallest card. So, let's say, Notty gets an RTX 2070 with 8GB, and adds her old GTX 960 with 2GB to the rig, then that effectively limits the size of the scenes she can render to only 2GB.
Now I'm picturing Notty (as Becca) in this:
Rather than playing mix-n-match with the cards I was under the impression that she'd be building a render machine... meaning she can continue to mount images on her current machine whilst the new machine is chugging out renders.
That was same idea I got, though she might also want to mount the renders on the new machine if really much stronger. I have not enough knowledge about rendering to give meaningful advice though on that.
Hawt... but you have to admit, Notty in one of the Queen's signature bright-colored suits would be hilarious.
Get Off with her head!
